A view angle control sheet having a wide view angle, in which diffuse
light from a screen image source is effectively utilized to suppress a
decrease in screen brightness while a decrease in image contrast caused
by an outside light beam is suppressed to prevent generation of a ghost
to improve contrast. The lens portions have trapezoidal shapes in section
arranged at predetermined intervals. A wedge-shaped portion between the
lens portions has a bottom surface on a screen image source side while
having a leading end on an observer side, and the following relationships
hold: Nx .English Pound. Ny and -0.01